China, Russia doing study on new heavy-lift helicopter

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/09/23/332652/china-russia-doing-study-on-new-heavy-lift-helicopter.html

Chinese state-owned helicopter manufacturer Avicopter is working with
Russia to develop a heavy-lift helicopter and hopes to have it flying
within five to 10 years.

It will be greater than 20t and we are working with Russia "to do the
feasibility study and work out the general configuration", says
Avicopter VP international operations and marketing Xia Qunlin. He
says the partner is Russian Helicopters, the consortium that includes
Mil.